Annotation
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Awards
2005 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
2006 American Library Association Notable Books for Children
2007 Bluebonnet Award
2007 Maine Student Book Award
2008 Nutmeg Children's Book Award
2007-2008 SCASL Book Award (South Carolina)
2007-2008 Mark Twain Award
2008 Nene Award
2008 Grand Canyon Reader Award
2007-2008 Sunshine State Young Reader's Book Award
2008-2009 Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award
2007-2008 Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2007-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2007-2008 Virginia Reader's Choice Awards
2008-2009 Volunteer State Book Award
2008 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2009 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
2008-2009 Iowa Teen Award
2009 Maud Hart Lovelace Award
2009 Georgia Children's Book Award
Characters
| Name | Jackson, Percy |
| Gender | Boy |
| Occupation | Student |
| Traits | Human |
| God | |
| Name | Annabeth |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Student |
| Traits | Human |
| God | |
| Name | Tyson |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Student |
| Traits | Cyclops |
| Homeless | |
| Name | Grover |
| Gender | Boy |
| Occupation | Student |
| Trait | Satyr |
| Genre | Fiction Juvenile Adventure --Survival Action Fantasy Science fiction |
| Topics | Mythology Fairy tales Greek mythology Friendship Gods and goddesses |
| Series | ||
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | ||
| 1 | The Lightning thief | |
| 2 | The Sea of monsters | |
| 3 | The Titan's curse | |
| 4 | The Battle of the Labyrinth | |
| 5 | The Last Olympian | |